# NTSB LAX82DA091: Beech B35, N180L, La Jolla, CA, March 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 4, 1982, 12:11 local (20:11 UTC)
- Place: La Jolla, CA
- Coordinates: 32.860816, -117.240631 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8608&lon=-117.2406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71295
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71295/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA091

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, maneuvering
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Ditching, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

DURING FLIGHT OVER THE WATER, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO GLIDE TO A SAFE LANDING AREA ON SHORE.  THE PLANE WAS DITCHED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN ABOUT 1/4 MILE FROM THE SHORE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N180L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N180L-2013-08-06), registration cancelled 2013-08-06, S/N D-2623, built 1950 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B35
- Registry model: [Beech B35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-b35) (registry code 1151506) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental E185 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (registry code 17014, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: D 2623
- Airframe hours: 6383
- Engines: CONTINENTAL E-185-11 205 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Brian Clark
- Registered owner: Brian Clark
- Departed: SAN DIEGO, CA
- Destination: SAN DIEGO, CA

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,531 total, 1,050 in this make and model, 1,569 as pilot in command, 21 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Temperature: 149 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820304002309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820304002309A), Mar 4, 1982: Beech B35, La Jolla Cove, CA, Destroyed. On post maintenance test flight off shore. Engine quit. Ditched in ocean.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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